Determnation of ochratoxin A in grain by monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

The simple rapid and sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methods, di-rect and indirect ELISA, for quantitation of ochratoxin A in cereal had been developed by theutilization of monoclonal antibody on immunomicroplate. Direct FLIAS was found to be less timeconsuming than indirect ELISA. For direct FLISA, recovery of 1 -500 ppb OA added to wheat was78.9-100.0% and rice was 88.9- 120.0%. For indirect EI.IAS, recovery of 1-500 ppb OA addedto wheat was 79.0- 110.0% and rice was 82.0 120.0%. The minimal detection level for OA was Ippb. Analyses of 31 samples that caused humanintoxicant for OA showed that the ELISA resultsagreed wtll with those obtained by thin-layer chromatogrdphy.